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Primary and secondary outcomes of the Women's Ischemia Trial to reduce events in non-obstructive coronary artery disease (WARRIOR)

31 Mar 2025

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the WARRIOR trial which was presented by Eileen Handberg at ACC.25 in Chicago.

The manuscript for this trial has not been published and all assumptions are based upon the presentation.

Nicola Ryan

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Nicola Ryan
Primary and secondary outcomes of the Women's Ischemia Trial to reduce events in non-obstructive coronary artery disease

EuroIntervention Journal: 20 years of excellence

25 Feb 2025

Join the PCR community as we commemorate a big year for EuroIntervention!

In this video, your peers share why they read EuroIntervention and how it impacts their daily practice.

Alessandro Beneduce

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Alessandro Beneduce
Baris Bugan

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Baris Bugan

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Davide Capodanno
Marcus Franz

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Marcus Franz
Matthew Hammond-Haley

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Matthew Hammond-Haley
Muthanna Abdul Halim

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Muthanna Abdul Halim
Juri Iwata

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Juri Iwata

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Thomas Modine

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Ashok Seth
Pannipa Suwannasom

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Pannipa Suwannasom
Masanori Yamamoto

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Masanori Yamamoto
EuroIntervention Journal: 20 Years of Excellence

PCRonline @ ACC.25 Scientific Sessions

07 Feb 2025

Live updates on a selection of major Late Breaking Clinical Trials of interest in interventional cardiology presented at the American College of Cardiology 2025 Scientific Sessions #ACC25

PCRonline @ ACC.25 Scientific Sessions

Drug-coated balloon (DCB) technology: A pioneer’s view of the historical evolution and future directions

08 Jan 2025

In this article, Bruno Scheller explores advances in local drug delivery, from drug-coated balloons to novel antiproliferative agents. These innovations aim to reduce restenosis, minimize permanent implants, and pave the way for patient-specific coronary artery disease treatments.

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Bruno Scheller
Drug-coated balloon (DCB) technology: A pioneer’s view of the historical evolution and future directions

RCA hydraulic dissection: what to do?

06 Jan 2025

Any coronary intervention can be compromised by an iatrogenic hydraulic dissection: find out how to manage it with dissection stenting!

Pavel Somov

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Pavel Somov
Daniil Ylbashev

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Daniil Ylbashev
Shamil Chotchaev

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Shamil Chotchaev
Dmitriy Marchak

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Dmitriy Marchak
Arkhip Matusov

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Arkhip Matusov
Aleksei Litvinov

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Aleksei Litvinov
RCA hydrolic dissection: what to do?

Best of science and education in cardiovascular interventional medicine in 2024

16 Dec 2024

Dear Colleagues, dear PCR Companions,

As we welcome a new year, it is the perfect time to reflect on what we achieved together over the past year—both as a celebration of our successes and as motivation to continue improving in the year ahead.

2024 was a record year...

PCRonline: Best of science & education in 2024

Editorial: Focus on Drug-Coated Balloons (DCB) in clinical practice

19 Dec 2024

DCBs have undergone extensive development to meet the challenges of minimizing restenosis and maintaining vessel patency. Unlike stents, DCBs deliver an antiproliferative drug directly to the arterial wall without leaving a permanent implant. This approach has proven effective in treating small-vessel disease, in-stent restenosis, and de...

Prof. Andreas Baumbach

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Andreas Baumbach
Focus on DCBs: Editorial from Andreas Baumbach

Future directions of drug-coated balloon angioplasty

06 Feb 2025

Fernando Alfonso and Javier Cuesta discuss the growing role of drug-coated balloons as an alternative to stents in percutaneous coronary interventions. Highlighting advantages like reduced in-stent restenosis, they emphasize the need for robust clinical studies to refine DCB use.

Dr. F. Alfonso

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Fernando Alfonso
Javier Cuesta

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Javier Cuesta
Future directions of drug-coated balloon angioplasty

Spotlight on a selection of top Late-breaking Trials presented at PCR London Valves 2024

24 Nov 2024

View a snapshot of the results of these 3 trials presented in London: TRISCEND II, COMPARE-TAVI cohort B and the 30-day Outcomes of the TF J-VALVE for Chronic AR

Selection of top Late-breaking Trials presented at #PCRLV

Left Atrial Appendage Closure after Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation - the OPTION Trial

17 Nov 2024

Alessandro Sticchi provides his take on the OPTION Trial presented at AHA 2024 in Chicago.

Alessandro Sticchi

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Alessandro Sticchi
Left Atrial Appendage Closure after Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation - the OPTION Trial